The editors over at Human Events list State of Emergency as the number one book President Bush should read. Hmmm. That’s a good idea. Why not get a copy and send it to him?

The Honorable George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

You can also send it care of the Presidents scheduler. Maybe they will block in a time slot for reading…

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Top Ten Books President Bush Should Read on His Next Vacation

America as Pat Buchanan and I knew it was destroyed by the Immigration Act of 1965. This act destroyed the national origins basis of the American population, the essential element of the American “melting pot.” In those days there were American communities. Today there are a variety of Asian communities, Hispanic communities, Muslim communities, black communities, and white communities. The US used to be an uncrowded land where people could “breathe free.” Immigration has increased population densities and brought pressures on infrastructure, the environment, and water resources. What can be done? Buchanan agrees that a moratorium on immigration is necessary until the huge number already here can be assimilated. Another remedy is to realize that there is no such thing as a country without borders….

What should our immigration policy look like? Pat Buchanan: It should look like what John F. Kennedy recommended back in the late 1950s and was repeated in his book in 1959, “A Nation of Immigrants”: total immigration of 150,000 to 250,000 a year. Let’s set a figure of 200,000 a year. A security fence across the southern border. Enforced sanctions on all employers who hire illegals chronically. Those who do so ought to be put in jail or be doing community service, publicly. An end to all welfare benefits, except emergency services, for any and all illegal aliens. A reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment so that some women who the coyotes have moved across the border 50 yards and have their babies there, are not automatic citizens of America. Congress could handle that…

I found this on a blog in Scotland, “Martin Kelly – Thoughts From The West Of Scotland.” Mr. Kelly has our site on his blog roll and we have returned the favor.

Where Is Our Buchanan?
by Martin Kelly

In a factually incomplete review of his new book ‘In State of Emergency’, The Daily Telegraph today describes Pat Buchanan as a ‘right wing firebrand’.

Such a casual dismissal of a man who’s been an aide to three presidents, a three time candidate for President and possibly the most influential conservative intellectual of the last half century in a crowded field (Buckley and Kirk talked the talk, but it was Buchanan who walked the walk) does not really do him justice.

Pat Buchanan’s new book has roared to the top of the Amazon best-seller list — hitting the No. 1 spot within a day of its release. In his “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America,” Buchanan warns that the United States is witnessing its own death — as illegal immigration destroys the fabric of the American nation. More: Buchanan says Mexico has been mounting a conscious effort to use the United States as a dumping ground for its poor and unemployed. Pat Buchanan reports that since 9/11, more than 4 million illegal immigrants have crossed our borders and there are more coming every day. He argues that our leaders in Washington lack the political will to uphold the rule of law. The melting pot is broken beyond repair and the future of our nation is at stake. In this important book, Pat Buchanan reveals that slowly but surely, the great American Southwest is being reconquered by Mexico. These lands — which many Mexicans believe are their birthright — are being detached ethnically, linguistically, and culturally from the United States by a deliberate policy of the Mexican regime….

Mr. Buchanan says the immigration debate has shifted toward his position. “In 1992, I was down in California calling for only 70 miles of border fencing,” Mr. Buchanan said. “And I was called a lot of bad things. If I’m insensitive, then so are the 70 percent of Americans who agree with me on this issue.” Politically, neither Republicans nor Democrats have been able to gain an upper hand on the immigration issue, with a recent Newsweek poll showing 39 percent of Americans trust Democrats more to handle immigration, while 37 percent chose Republicans. Mr. Buchanan has harsh words for Republicans in Congress. He denounces as “de facto amnesty” the Senate-passed bill sponsored by Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat. However, Mr. Buchanan adds that when he started writing his book, “I didn’t know the House would push for such a strong bill,” speaking of the enforcement-only measure passed by the House in December. “Congress is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America,” Mr. Buchanan says when asked why elected officials do not support more stringent restrictions on immigration. “Until they get it right, they should be defeated at the ballot box…

Pat was on the Today show this morning and MSNBC has the video online. You can view it at : http://msnbc.msn.com “Pat Buchanan writes that the influx of immigrants from south of the border into the U.S. is an attempt to recapture land in his new book, “State of Emergency:The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America.” The conservative commentator and former presidential candidate writes: “Chicano chauvinists and Mexican agents have made clear their intent to take back through demography and culture what their ancestors lost through war.” He also addresses immigration trends in Europe. Buchanan was invited on “Today” to discuss current issues. Read some excerpts from his book…